Artificial Muscles

Medical Devices
Apr 9, 2015
Micropacemaker is but another example of the how the trend of miniaturization is gaining momentum in healthcare. As medical devices become tinier, they may help the tiniest patients. The FDA has given humanitarian approval to the ...

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Ordinary Fishing Line and Sewing Thread to Create Incredibly Strong Artificial Muscles
Feb 27, 2014
Ordinary fishing line and sewing thread have joined forces in the lab to create incredibly strong artificial muscles. The new artificial muscles could someday lend superhuman strength to robots and wearable exoskeletons for humans. The ...

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A New Technology for Artificial Muscles Could Be a Boon to Medical Device Manufacturers
Jan 2, 2014
A new technology for artificial muscles could be a boon to medical device manufacturers, according to a recently published paper in the Journal of Advanced Materials. The paper, dubbed Powerful, Multifunctional Torsional Micro Muscles ...

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